WINSTED >> Winchester is getting a new restaurant. The Planning and Zoning Commission approved Primo 8 LLC’s bid to use the .49 acre lot on 8 South Main St. for Primo 8 Restaurant. The vacant site was previously occupied by Blimpie, but has been unoccupied since the sandwich shop uprooted in 2005.

Any time a site is vacant for more than six months, to resume use of the land or building it must go before the Planning and Zoning Commission. The site plan was submitted by Brian Cerruto of Torrington. Rhee Family LLC owns the property.

The site plan was initially submitted in early May and received later that much. The zoning board, however, did not approve the plan at the outset, citing that it lacked certain information. A more fully-formed plan was submitted before the board nearly a month later and approved.

A bid to bring in a Verizon Wireless store in to this location in 2011 fell through the cracks, given that cleaning up brownfield contamination on site proved too time-consuming and too costly.